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zippy-tri
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30 Sep 2011, 1:57 pm

Ettina wrote:
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The guy told me it couldn't be AS because he had theory of mind, and that he understood actions have consequenses.


Um, the literature says that in aspies ToM is delayed, not absent. And it's not delayed in all - some have more subtle problems than that.


Yeah, it kind of makes me lose faith in a doctor when they come out with stuff like that. Mad thing is, my son does have what I can only describe as an incomplete theory of mind.



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30 Sep 2011, 3:03 pm

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30 Sep 2011, 3:57 pm

On the other hand, my psychiatrist knew right away and the neurologist I saw did what you said the psych did. She saw me for 5 minutes and said no autism. Right, but I have close to a dozen doctors who have confirmed it...